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February

2nd-7th

Partnerships and Engagement

Webinar

This 3-part webinar series by Jimmy Brannigan, Director of ESD Consulting, will introduce and explore approaches to working with a range of partners, from community groups to industry and third sector organisations. The series also introduces concepts of collaborative working and community engagement to help participants develop the skills of working in partnership. We will also explore how sustainability can be woven through an institutions activity in this area.

7th

CCRI 2012 Rural Policy Conference

Gloucester

Following on from the success of the two previous CCRI conferences exploring rural policy – the 2012 conference will focus on the need for policy change in relation to two inter-related areas of concern: resilience in food production systems, and the management of rural spaces. The day will offer an opportunity to explore issues associated with food security, resilience of farming systems, plant and animal disease, local f ood production, and managing forest, water and upland landscapes.

9th

Eco-Innovation in the Channel Ports: Tomorrow's Logistics for the Port of the Future?

Calais, France

The Port of Calais, in the framework of the European project PATCH (Port Adapting To Change), will host a high level B2B event focusing on eco-innovation and future activities in ports, logistics and supply chains.

11th-12th

Sustainable Futures Forum

Glasgow

To celebrate Go Green Week in Scotland, People & Planet is organising a weekend conference for students. This will be an opportunity for university and college students from across Scotland to network and exchange ideas on sustainability and social justice projects and campaigns on their campuses. Packed with talks, workshops, skills-shares, open space sessions and of course a party, the Sustainable Futures Forum will be the student sustainability event of the year in Scotland.

13th-17th

Groundwater Contamination & Remediation

Newcastle

This five day course at Newcastle University introduces the principles of contaminant behaviour in groundwater systems, and provides an overview of remediation technologies for polluted groundwaters. It demonstrates the range of possible contaminants, and the mechanisms by which they are transported in groundwater systems. The ways in which human activities can modify the quality of groundwater, and how such modifications can be detected and distinguished from natural processes, are illustrated, as is the means by which the results can be simulated.

15th

Communicating Renewable Energy: Training Day

London

This course will give you a clear understanding of the key systems and future direction of renewable energy. It will outline important issues surrounding the communication of large and small scale renewable energy systems, on answering difficult questions and how to support people looking to make decisions about installing renewable energy systems.

15th

Low Emission Zones and Strategies

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on integrated solutions for air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

16th

The global decline in mangroves: is there a sustainable future?

London

It is estimated that 20–35% of mangroves have been lost since 1980 and currently more than one in six mangrove species are at risk of extinction. However, a growing field of expertise in the restoration, rehabilitation and sustainable management of mangrove forests suggests that not all mangroves have to meet this fate. This meeting will bring together leading scientists to highlight the global importance of mangrove ecosystems, discuss threats to their existence and consider options for their future management, conservation and rehabilitation.

16th

Monitoring QAQC: Automatic monitors and diffusion tubes

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on practices on air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

19th-21st

International Conference on Waste Management and Environmental Engineering

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The XXXII. International Conference on Waste Management and Environmental Engineering aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Waste Management and Environmental Engineering, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

20th

Engineering Biology through Molecular Microbial Ecology

Newcastle

The purpose of this course at Newcastle Univesity, a leader in Engineering Biology, is to get the latest generation of tools in molecular microbial ecology into the hands of engineers. Molecular microbial ecology has the power to revolutionise our ability to monitor and design microbial methods. Moreover the costs of the associated sequencing technology are dropping exponentially. This course will give delegates an understanding of how the tools work, their advantages and disadvantages and, crucially, how they can be used in design and monitoring. The delegates will get hands on experience with classical molecular methods such as fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH), quantitative PCR (QPCR) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and next generation sequencing technologies (454 sequencing) including crucial data de-noising and analysis.

21st

Recent Advances in Energy Savings in the Water Industry

Leeds

This one-day event will examine the options that have been implemented for energy reduction throughout the wastewater treatment process. It will examine each aspect of the process from raw wastewater through preliminary, primary and secondary treatment as well as opportunities available for energy recovery from sludge.

21st

Potential environmental effects of CO2 leakage in the marine and terrestrial environment

Nottingham

Much of this meeting will focus on workshops of round table debates on marine and terrestrial potential leakage issues. Outcomes of these discussions will be used to produce a publically available report on some of the areas that may require further investigation prior to possible commerical CCS deployment.

22nd

Leaders of the Future in Sustainable Development

Birmingham

This two-day residential programme is for anyone leading or wishing to lead on sustainable development within their Learning & Skills organisation, whether experienced or more recently appointed. The programme aims to build your capability and confidence to be a leader, influencer and change agent, and to work across your organisation to embed sustainable development in all areas of activity. It provides ample opportunities for learning, sharing and networking, with sustainability leaders from within and outside the sector.

22nd-23rd

The New Energy Economy - Delivering our shared energy future

London

The UK’s energy sector continues to face a widening spectrum of challenges; we have seen ambitious political plans tempered by Treasury decisions, and as time marches on, the existing approach to Smart is being challenged by innovative & cheaper emerging technologies. Day one of this conference will examine the latest developments in the new energy landscape since our February 2011 event; the speakers will share their visions and views on what the future holds for the UK energy and utility sector. The workshops on Day two will enable you to drill down into the detail and clarify exactly where and how you and your organisation fit within this evolving and expanding supply chain.

23rd

Energy from Waste 2012 - Resource, efficiency, energy delivery

London

The eighth year of the International Energy from Waste conference promises to be even more exciting than ever, with a tremendous line-up of speakers, a whole range of topical issues addressed in the programme, a site visit and numerous discussion and question and answer sessions that enable speakers and delegates to explore subjects in depth.One of the key features of this event is that it brings together senior level attendees from a wide range of disciplines and industries – the waste industry, the renewables and energy industries, local authorities, central government, regulatory bodies, financiers and investors, project and technology developers, advisors and consultants.

24th-31st

Clean and Cool Mission 2012

San Francisco

The Clean and Cool Mission is a competition-led trade mission to San Francisco for twenty of the UK’s best, high growth potential cleantech companies ready to do business in the US and overseas. Run by entrepreneurs f or entrepreneurs in partnership with the Technology Strategy Board and UKTI, the Mission provides winning companies with unparalleled insights, connections and opportunities to help accelerate their business.

27th

CEnv in a Day Workshop

London

The 'CEnv in a Day' workshop is for professionals who meet the criteria for Chartership. The aim of the day is to put all participants through the Full Process Chartership application. In the morning session candidates will be advised on editing their Stage 2 report, and the Professional Review Interview (PRI) will be conducted in the afternoon session. The next workshop will take place on the 27th February 2012. Download an application form to apply for one of only 7 places on this workshop.

27th-2nd

Climate Change: vulnerability, impacts & adaptation

Newcastle

This five day course at Newcastle University provides in-depth understanding and hands on experience of using future climate scenarios from the UKCP09 and other international projections. The course can be tailored to specific sectors, and delegates may choose to specialise and attend: Water Resources, Flooding and sea level rise, or Infrastructure, heat waves, buildings and sustainable cities. The course is organised around case studies of key cities or infrastructure. Delegates are encouraged to propose their own case studies or locations in advance. They will then be trained in how to generate and apply scenarios for assessments of vulnerability and impacts and the development of climate change adaptation plans.

28th

Sustainable Development 2012 – Communities for a Low Carbon Future

London

The government's drive to develop low carbon communities poses new challenges for the public sector, higher education and the wider construction industry. GovNet's 6th annual Sustainable Development conference will be perfectly placed to provide authoritative analysis of the upcoming changes, with a focus on planning reform, generation of new energy and ensuring housing stock is energy efficient. Over the past six years, SDUK has established itself as the leading national forum for discussing the challenges and opportunities around sustainable growth within a low-carbon economy. As the Earth Summit 2012 nears this conference will look to the UK's priorities for the negotiations and the further steps the UK must take to tackle climate change and deliver sustainable development.

29th

Leaping into Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Nottingham

This event is organised jointly by the Modern Built Environment and Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTN), the British Geological Survey (BGS) and CIRIA. It will provide a platform for high profile speakers, whilst allowing delegates to contribute to discussions via two breakout sessions on the challenges that lie ahead and the solutions that have already been realised.

29th

Planning and air quality: air quality assessments

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on integrated solutions for air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

March

1st

Identification and Management of Invasive Non-Native Plants: Dealing with Schedule 9 Plant Species

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

1st

Dispersion modelling and model validation, verification and adjustment

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on practices on air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

5th-9th

Intelligent Mobility: systems and services

Newcastle

This five day course at Newcastle University will provide detailed case studies (and their analysis) of particular areas of ITS implementation using a combination of University, industry and government experts. State of the art examples of ITS systems, such as: electric vehicles; CVHS; wireless sensing networks; traffic management; infomobility and location based services; eco-driving; road user charging; safety systems; intelligent infrastructure; e-logistics; smart-payment schemes; and technologies to support older and mobility impaired travellers will be covered.

5th-9th

Traffic & Environment Management for Sustainability

Newcastle

This five day course at Newcastle University introduces the concept of effective traffic and environment management for sustainability. The scale of local and global air pollution problems and related policies and reports will be discussed, as will the concept of the nested approach to modelling traffic, emission and air quality at micro and macro scales. The role of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in delivering sustainability will be discussed.

7th

Carbon Matters: Creating Tomorrow's Low Carbon Technologies

Exeter

This half day event, organised by University of Exeter and supported by the Environmental Technologies iNet, will bring together industry professionals with academic experts to explore the following issues: the challenges and opportunities presented by the low carbon economy; how changes in environmental regulation and policy will affect businesses; current innovative technologies; funding opportunities and support for new ideas and innovation.

8th

5th European EMS Forum

Newcastle

The ENEP EMS Expert group announces the 5th European EMS Forum taking place on 8 May 2012 in the Mundo-B Building in Brussels. All Experts for Environmental Management Systems, i.e. Environmental Managers, Environmental Auditors, Verifiers and other EMS Professionals are invited to participate in this conference. Major subjects planned: ISO 26000 – General Introduction with reference to ISO 14001/4 and EMAS; EMAS Sectorial Reference Documents – Latest development; ISO 50001 – Energy Management Systems; - Greenhouse Gas Emissions – CO² Footprint for organisations; Water footprint.

8th

Identification and Management of Invasive Non-Native Plants: Dealing with Schedule 9 Plant Species

London

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

12th-18th

Climate Week

UK

Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future. Culminating in a week of activities, it showcases practical solutions from every sector of society. Thousands of businesses, charities, schools, councils and others will run events during Climate Week on 12-18 March 2012. They will show what can be achieved, share ideas and encourage thousands more to act during the rest of the year.

13th

Delivering Policy with Traffic & Environmental Monitoring

Newcastle

This short course at Newcastle Universit yprovides an insight into how an integrated traffic and inexpensive pervasive environmental monitoring system can help to deliver national and local policy objectives. Participants will learn about: The range of precision monitoring systems available on the market and their role in monitoring hotspots; The health of the city and how inexpensive but less accurate pervasive monitoring can be used to better understand the causes and assess the effects of air quality management measures; The importance of an integrated database platform and the role of historic data for delivering policy objectives.

13th

Extreme natural events: an overlooked driver of biodiversity loss?

Newcastle

Extreme natural events, such as floods, droughts or hurricanes, are expected to become more severe and more frequent with changes in climate. This meeting will review the environmental, ecological, societal and economic challenges posed by predicted changes in the occurrence and severity of extreme natural events. The current set of strategies in place to mitigate and adapt to the expected impacts will also be explored.

13th

Natural Capital / Ecosystem Services for Business: New Funding Opportunities

London

This one-day event, organised by the ESKTN and supported by professional and business bodies, will provide a timely forum for businesses to learn more from some of the key researchers working in this area and to meet directly with academics who are keen to forge partnerships with businesses interested in developing and implementing a variety of natural capital and ecosystem service/ biodiversity tools. Email for more information.

13th

Japanese Knotweed: Identification and Site Assessment

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

13th-15th

World Biofuels Markets

Rotterdam, Netherlands

By attending Europe's largest biofuels conference you can network with leading experts from the following sectors: aviation biofuels, advanced biofuels, biorefinery platforms, finance & investment, biodiesel production, bioethanol production, automotive futures in bioenergy, biogas in transportation and more.

14th

Giant Hogweed: The Control and Prevention of a Pernicious Weed

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. The £95 course fee includes the fully illustrated 72 page manual “Giant Hogweed Management in the United Kingdom” by Olaf Booy and Max Wade. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

14th

Transport & Environmental Appraisal: tools & techniques

Newcastle

This five day course at Newcastle University provides an understanding of the tools and techniques required for environmental appraisal of transport activities. It starts with an overview of the NATA (New Approach to Appraisal) and focuses on the tools for environmental assessment which range from simple screening models to advanced models and techniques. The main focus is on tools for noise, emission and air quality assessment. The course also covers methodology for assessing landscape, townscape and biodiversity impacts of transport projects.

14th

Sustainable Planning and Development: local development framework and healthy urban design

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on integrated solutions for air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

15th

Japanese Knotweed: Identification and Site Assessment

London

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

15th

Association for Organics Recycling Conference

Kenilworth

Over recent years the biological waste treatment industry has expanded substantially and the technological process mix has become more diverse. The 17th edition of the Association for Organics Recycling Conference and exhibition is particularly focussed on the issues which have the most impact on the sector at a time when budgets continue to be constrained and environmental regulation is being tightened.

15th

Consultation in air quality and carbon management (am)/GIS for LAQM (pm)

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on practices on air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

20th

Water & Environment 2012

London

The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environment community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges for a low-carbon future. There will be a mix of keynote speakers, offered papers, exhibitions and networking opportunities that will make this the key event for water and environment professionals.

20th

Design of Activated Sludge Systems

Wakefield

A modern activated sludge plant incorporates a number of features to ensure that the mixed liquor settles well in the aeration basin. This module will review the design of each of the aspects of a modern treatment plant, presenting a theoretical background to aid understanding, and providing the design equations by means of worked examples, that are necessary for effective plant design.

20th-21st

19th Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum

Brussels, Belgium

Attend the 19th Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum to get an in-depth insight into the future of packaging and waste policy in Europe and ensure that your business is ready to tackle challenges on the road to a low carbon, resource efficient and climate resilient economy.

20th-22nd

Green Chemistry 2012

Cologne, Germany

AMI's 1st international conference on Green Chemistry in the polymer industry provides a forum for environment and sustainability managers, business development professionals, chemical engineers, plastics manufacturers, researchers, and suppliers to the industry to debate the latest developments in producing conventional polymers from sustainable sources such as plants, waste and CO2.

21st

Operation & Control of Activated Sludge Systems

Wakefield

As manpower at treatment plants continues to be reduced it is essential that plant operators have a thorough understanding of the principles of plant operation and are able to devise operating strategies backed up by suitable metrics and key performance indicators (KPI’s). This course works through each aspect of treatment plant operation, providing the practical background and worked examples to enable all attendees to put together their own operating strategies and to identify and rectify problems when these occur.

22nd

Operation & Control of Activated Sludge Systems

Wakefield

All wastewater treatment plants will experience operating problems from time to time, and some plants a lot more than others. This module the benefits of microscopic examination of the microbial consortium in the treatment plant as a simple, inexpensive solution which provides extensive information as to the likely causes of plant problems.

22nd

Delivering the Green Deal: Building Partnerships, Tackling Fuel Poverty

London

Given the rising costs of energy bills, the 5.5 million UK households defined as living in fuel poverty and the 2,700 deaths attributed each year, local authorities have a pressing need to meet the energy efficiency challenge. At this event you will learn how to ensure that all households have access to fair funding and that energy efficiency installations meet quality standards. Building effective partnerships with the commercial sector to ensure a strong degree of take-up will be crucial to this, and changes to planning laws will be reviewed in detail.

22nd

Waste Watch Annual Conference 2012 – Creating Social Change

London

Creating Social Change will bring together individuals and organisations to discuss why a new, integrated approach is needed to achieve meaningful change for social and environmental sustainability. The event will include inspiring examples of both research and practitioners at the forefront of the movement to create long-term changes in collective societal values, behaviours and lifestyles.

26th-29th

Planet Under Pressure

London

This conference will draw together a wide range of stakeholders from international global change communities, policy, development, finance, business and the wider non-government sector. A major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.

27th

Japanese Knotweed: Developing a Management Plan

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

27th-29th

EAUC Annual Conference 2012

York

This conference focuses on sustainability for the further and higher education sector in the UK. It brings together delegates from every area of campus life, from the higher and further education sectors and supporting service providers.

28th

Action planning: behaviour chaneg and innovation techniques

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on integrated solutions for air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

29th

Smart Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Power Conference

Birmingham

This 8th International Conference, Exhibition and Partnering event will bring key themes for discussion such as hydrogen vehicles, CHP for low carbon buildings, and China and its hydrogen and fuel cells future.

29th

Japanese Knotweed: Developing a Management Plan

London

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

30th

Engaging Communities on Climate Change

London

Organisations and individuals need to take energy and climate change issues into account when planning their work. Delivering climate goals will require the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders, including community organisations. This course will teach you the skills and information needed to develop long-term engagement of civil society organisations, groups and individuals in work on climate change and low-carbon living. Email Anna for more information.

29th

Air quality and carbon management: international case studies

Bristol

This course is part of the series of courses themed on practices on air quality and carbon management. Delegates will work alongside post-graduate students, most of whom are employed, so there will be a strong platform for discussion and debate. Book a place online now or email for more details.

April

2nd-4th

Discourse, Power and Resistance

Plymouth

The Discourse, Power and Resistance conference will be held at Plymouth University in 2012. The conference considers what 'Impact' means for us, our work, our understandings and future developments. Goverments, international agencies, funding bodies and policy-makers increasingly use this term. One stream is entitled: ‘Sustainable Impact' and reflects the concern that research, learning and teaching on sustainability issues should make an impact in the real world, rather than being exchanges between academics that get no further than that

3rd-4th

SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference

Edinburgh

The conference focuses on Agriculture and the Environment, and this years theme is Valuing Ecosystems. This conference will seek to present not only the best possible scientific understanding of the complexities associated with the delivery of multiple ecosystem services but also provide a forum to raise and discuss what still needs to be done to have an ecosystem approach recognised and supported by land managers, researchers and policy makers. The conference will be relevant to members of all three of these target audiences.

11th-13th

Knowledge Gaps PhD Conference 2012

Norwich

This is an excellent opportunity to tell the wider PhD community engaged in climate change research how your project is helping to fill gaps in the current Climate Change research arena. The conference is a valuable platform for PhD researchers to present their own cutting edge research. PhD researchers are at the forefront of novel research but rarely have the opportunity to independently communicate their ideas and engage with their peers. By presenting and stimulating peer-to-peer discussion, they receive critical feedback on aspects otherwise overlooked by established researchers.

16th-19th

International Biomass Conference & Expo 2012

Birmingham

This dynamic event unites industry professionals from all sectors of the world’s interconnected biomass utilization industries—biobased power, thermal energy, fuels and chemicals.

19th

Design & Operation of Anaerobic Digestion Technologies

Wakefield

Interest in the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes continues to grow and most countries in Europe have ambitious targets to encourage the uptake of this technology. It is the aim of this successful course to provide delegates with a complete understanding of the digestion process. It provides an introduction to the process biochemistry, discusses digester operation in detail and finally considers the options available for managing recycling the digestate .

25th-26th

European Algae Biomass

London

The 2012 European Algae Biomass Conference will include opportunities to hear from leading industry executives and experts, including; Algae Producers, Green Energy and Biotech Investors, Biodiesel Manufacturers, Cultivation, Harvesting and Oil Extraction Process Technology Providers, Government Representatives and other Industry Professionals.

May

7th-11th

World Fisheries Congress 2012

Edinburgh

The WFC addresses the important topic of “Sustainable Fisheries in a Changing World”, and will examine the science that underpins sustainable fishing; adaptive management and tools to cope with changing environments; the social and economic cost of failure; and meeting increasing food and nutrition needs through cultivation. Speakers include: Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government; Professor Ray Hilborn, University of Washington, Seattle, US; Mike Mitchell, Technical Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Youngs Seafood Company, UK; and, Dr Malcolm Beveridge, Director of Aquaculture and Genetics at the WorldFish Center, Zambia.

8th

Japanese Knotweed: Advanced Management Workshop

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

10th

Japanese Knotweed: Advanced Management Workshop

London

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

13th-18th

IWA World Congress on Water, Climate & Energy

Dublin, Ireland

The Congress, run by the International Water Association, will attract over 2000 like-minded water, climate and energy professionals from across the globe to exchange ideas, explore the state of the art and debate the key issues underlying the science and practice of these inextricably linked natural, utility and infrastructural issues of our time.

22th-24th

Sustainabilitylive!

Birmingham

Sustainabilitylive! is the UK’s leading sustainability event for the environmental, water, land, energy and sustainable business sectors, including opportunities to exhibit, network with like-minded professionals from across a range of different sectors; share experiences, source information and find solutions for your business.

30th

Greening the FE & HE Sectors: Promoting environmental, economic and social sustainability

London

This conference will examine the FE and HE Sectors’ progress, whilst detailing latest policy information, guidance, best practice case study examples and technologies to aid in the delivery process and realisation of the government targets for carbon emission reductions.

June

12th

Traffic Interventions for Environmental Management

Newcastle

This one day course at Newcastle University provides an insight into how traffic signal control and traffic management interventions can reduce the impacts of traffic related pollution on public health and climate change at both a tactical and strategic level. The course covers the modelling framework to allow the impacts on air quality of traffic management measures to be quantified. Using case studies by way of example, the potential environmental benefits of queue cascading and relocation to open space; road user charging; park and ride; reduction of speeds; new technologies etc will be demonstrated, highlighting the limitations of current modelling frameworks.

13th

Air Quality and Health

Newcastle

This one day course at Newcastle University is aimed at air quality and health planners and experts who are interested in learning about: Sources of air pollution; Impact of air quality on health; Global and national air quality trends; Spatial and temporal variations in air quality across a city/region; Methodology for health impact assessment of changes in urban air quality using outputs from existing air quality modelling tools.

13th

Identification and Management of Aquatic Plants for Landscaping and Gardening

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

20th-21st

On-Farm Energy Generation

Warwickshire

A large exhibition will be complemented by seminars running throughout the day providing detailed analysis of government policy, incentives, planning, technological advancements and financing. The event will enable farmers to gain valuable information on the range of technologies avaialable for on-farm energy generation, as well as other issues that will influence investment decisions.

26th

Water Plants for Garden Centre Staff

St Ives

For details on this RPS Ecology training course, email Laura Masterson. Special offers available for more than one booking. BASIS points will be awarded to all courses.

28th

Changing Lives, Changing Society

Bristol

This latest conference from UWE's Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment will bring together professionals, policy makers and academics to grapple with the challenge of a widespread transition to healthy and sustainable behavioural patterns. The conference will bring together speakers and delegates from a wide range of disciplines and sectors to facilitate the sharing of knowledge about effectiveness in problem framing, intervention and evaluation. The aim is to facilitate creative thinking around a new framework for behaviour change and contextualise current and longer term approaches.

July

1st-4th

WasteMET Asia 2012

Singapore

With rising costs of solid waste management and its emergence as a significant issue in the Asia-Pacific region, the need to promote sustainable waste management has become ever more critical. Responding to this challenge and other environmental challenges faced by both the public and private sectors in the region, Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) and National Environment Agency, Singapore (NEA) are launching WasteMET Asia 2012.

10th

The evolution and life history of parasitism: the good, the bad and the ugly

London

While parasites may seem most notable to us in their apparent grotesqueness and oddity, we generally underestimate the scope, diversity and importance of parasites in our everyday lives and the natural world. This meeting will include an overview of the fascinating world of parasites, and give examples of how they manipulate the behaviour of their host, how they may alter their own behaviour and life history to maximise their reproductive success, and, importantly, how they have played a central role in the evolution of life on earth, including the development of human life and society.

August

September

10th

Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques

Oxford

This course is delivered through a mix of online, face-to-face and experiential learning, starts in September 2012 and runs part-time for one full year. Highlighting the latest techniques and best practice in ecological surveys, illustrated throughout with international examples, and supported by tutorial teaching, we offer a unique opportunity to engage with and study at the University of Oxford in a truly flexible way. Some of the key modules are also available throughout the year as stand-alone, online, part-time, 5-week courses: field techniques for surveying vegetation; field techniques for surveying mammals and reptiles; field techniques for surveying invertebrates; field techniques for surveying birds; field techniques for surveying fish and amphibians; and data analysis in ecology.

10th-13th

International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation

Porto, Portugal

This conference, as usual, is a great platform for the world scientists and industries in the environmental and energy sector to meet together to share ideas and experiences on their recent works and new perspectives in this regard.

12th-14th

3rd International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management

Crete

The Conference will once again focus on innovative aspects of Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management (including Organics, Non-Halogenated and Halogenated Solvents, Hydrocarbons, Pesticides, Explosives, PCBs, PCDDs/Fs, Heavy Metals, Asbestos, Nuclear Wastes, Salts, etc), presenting new technologies, describing the state of the art and related case studies, discussing the main controversial subjects, sharing experience among different countries, valuating social and financial balances. The Conference will include oral presentations, poster sessions, special sessions and workshops.

October

9th-10th

Water and Wastewater Management

Manchester

The 6th European Water & Wastewater Management Conference & Exhibition will take place in Manchester this year. Email Sarah Hickinson to find out more about exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.

November

12th-15th

Fourth International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste

Venice, Italy

This symposium will focus on numerous themes, including: Biomass and waste characterisation as a potential energy source; Renewable fuel (Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Gas liquification, Hydrogen); Economic aspects; Climate change and Sink and much more.

19th-21st

Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference

Leeds

The 17th European Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference, Seminar & Exhibition will take place in Leeds this year. Email Sarah Hickinson to find out more about exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.

December

January 2013

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Last updated: 03-Feb-2012 .